An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 214
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 214
_To_ DANDER, _v. n._
1. To roam, S.
2. To go about idly, to saunter, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To roam, without a fixed habitation, S.
_Ferguson._
4. To trifle, to mispend ones time, S.
5. To bewilder ones self, from want of attention, or stupidity, S.
_Burel._
DANDERS, _s. pl._ The refuse of a smiths fire, S.
DANDIE, DANDY, _s._ A princ.i.p.al person or thing; what is nice, fine, or possessing supereminence in whatever way, S.
V. ~Dainty~.
_R. Galloway._
DANDIEFECHAN, _s._ A hollow stroke on any part of the body, Fife.
_To_ DANDILL, _v. n._ To go about idly.
_Burel._
Fr. _dandin-er_, "to go gaping ilfavouredly," Cotgr.
DANDILLY, DANDILY, _adj._ Celebrated, S.B.
_Ross._
~Dandilly~, _s._ A female who is spoiled by admiration, S.
_Cleland._
Perhaps from the same origin with ~Dandill~.
DANDRING, _part. pr._ Emitting an unequal sound.
_Evergreen._
Teut. _donder-en_, tonare.
DANE, DAINE, _adj._ Gentle, modest.
O. Fr. _dain_, dainty, fine.
_Lyndsay._
DANG, _pret._ of ~Ding~, q. v.
DANGER, DAWNGER, _s._
1. The great exertion made by a pursuer, exposing another to imminent danger.
_Wallace._
2. _In his dawnger_, in his power.
_Wyntown._
3. _But dawngere_, without hesitation.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _danger_, power, dominion.
DANGER, _adj._ Perilous.
_Wallace._
DANT, _s._
V. ~Dent~.
_Priests Peblis._
_To_ DANT, _v. a._ To subdue.